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词汇 Heath Robinson
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Heath Robinson
British if a machine or system is Heath Robinson, it is very complicated in a way that is funny, but not practical or effective.
My granny's got this great Heath Robinson device for slicing eggs.
idiomHeath Robinson BrEBrEefficient used about a system, machine etc that does something ordinary in a way that is very complicated and not at all practical:The play takes place on a set created with Heath Robinson ingenuity, with suspended buckets, antique plumbing, and piles of dusty books.The next election can easily be won on normal terms. We certainly don't need any unprincipled Heath Robinson voting systems.AmE = Rube Goldberg

Heath Robinson

Describing an unnecessarily complicated machine used for a simple task. Similar to "Rube Goldberg." Heath Robinson was an English illustrator known for drawing such contraptions. Primarily heard in UK. I just love these silly Heath Robinson contraptions—it takes imagination to design something so complicated!
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